The story quotes popular DJ Steve Aoki, known for his crazy on-stage antics, as saying he pretended to be a DJ in order to "explore the fickle nature of popular music fads."

Aoki is quoted in the story saying, "For me it's about trying to be as absurd and laughable as possible without any of the audience being aware of, or being willfully ignorant of, the sheer absurdity of what they're witnessing. The EDM explosion for me was the perfect vehicle to explore that idea because it seemed like that audience were capable of mindlessly accepting the most crass gimmicks and personalities ..."

But don't worry, EDM fans! The story is a joke! It was posted on Wunderground, which is an Onion-like satiric news site that covers dance music. The site has this disclaimer: "Wunderground is a fictionalized, satirical publication. Its content should in no way be interpreted as an actual record of events ..."

However, since the story seemed strange enough to be true for many music fans, (the real) Aoki had to respond on his website: